diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df8e9a2165..aebdcd2967 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -711,44 +711,49 @@ if(WITH_CUDA)
         set(CUDA_ARCH_BIN "1.3 2.0" CACHE STRING "Specify 'real' GPU architectures to build binaries for, BIN(PTX) format is supported")
         set(CUDA_ARCH_PTX "1.1 1.3" CACHE STRING "Specify 'virtual' PTX architectures to build PTX intermediate code for")              
         
-        # These variables are used in config templates
         string(REGEX REPLACE "\\." "" ARCH_BIN_NO_POINTS "${CUDA_ARCH_BIN}")
         string(REGEX REPLACE "\\." "" ARCH_PTX_NO_POINTS "${CUDA_ARCH_PTX}")
         
-        # Ckeck if user specified 1.0 compute capability
+        # Ckeck if user specified 1.0 compute capability: we don't support it
         string(REGEX MATCH "1.0" HAS_ARCH_10 "${CUDA_ARCH_BIN} ${CUDA_ARCH_PTX}")
         set(CUDA_ARCH_BIN_OR_PTX_10 0)
         if(NOT ${HAS_ARCH_10} STREQUAL "")
             set(CUDA_ARCH_BIN_OR_PTX_10 1)
         endif()
         
-        # Flags to be set
+        # NVCC flags to be set
         set(NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA "")      
         
-        # These variables are passed into the template
+        # These vars will be passed into the templates
         set(OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_BIN "") 
         set(OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_PTX "") 
+        set(OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_FEATURES "")        
         
-        # Tell nvcc to add binaries for the specified GPUs
+        # Tell NVCC to add binaries for the specified GPUs
         string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9()]+" ARCH_LIST "${ARCH_BIN_NO_POINTS}")
         foreach(ARCH IN LISTS ARCH_LIST)
             if (ARCH MATCHES "([0-9]+)\\(([0-9]+)\\)")
+                # User explicitly specified PTX for the concrete BIN
                 set(NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA ${NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA} -gencode arch=compute_${CMAKE_MATCH_2},code=sm_${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
                 set(OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_BIN "${OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_BIN} ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+                set(OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_FEATURES "${OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_FEATURES} ${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
             else()
+                # User didn't explicitly specify PTX for the concrete BIN, we assume PTX=BIN                
                 set(NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA ${NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA} -gencode arch=compute_${ARCH},code=sm_${ARCH})
                 set(OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_BIN "${OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_BIN} ${ARCH}")
+                set(OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_FEATURES "${OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_FEATURES} ${ARCH}")
             endif()
         endforeach()
         
-        # Tell nvcc to add PTX intermediate code for the specified architectures
+        # Tell NVCC to add PTX intermediate code for the specified architectures
         string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" ARCH_LIST "${ARCH_PTX_NO_POINTS}")
         foreach(ARCH IN LISTS ARCH_LIST)
             set(NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA ${NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA} -gencode arch=compute_${ARCH},code=compute_${ARCH})
             set(OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_PTX "${OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_PTX} ${ARCH}")
-        endforeach()               
+            set(OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_FEATURES "${OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_FEATURES} ${ARCH}")
+        endforeach()
         
-        # Wil; be processed in other scripts
+        # These vars will be processed in other scripts
         set(CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS ${CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS} ${NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA})        
         set(OpenCV_CUDA_CC "${NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA}")
         
diff --git a/modules/gpu/src/initialization.cpp b/modules/gpu/src/initialization.cpp
index 9f2cc5d69d..d11b95c520 100644
--- a/modules/gpu/src/initialization.cpp
+++ b/modules/gpu/src/initialization.cpp
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ namespace
 CV_EXPORTS bool cv::gpu::TargetArchs::builtWith(cv::gpu::GpuFeature feature)
 {
     if (feature == NATIVE_DOUBLE)
-        return hasEqualOrGreater(1, 3);
+        return ::compareToSet(CUDA_ARCH_FEATURES, 13, std::greater_equal<int>());
     if (feature == ATOMICS)
-        return hasEqualOrGreater(1, 1);
+        return ::compareToSet(CUDA_ARCH_FEATURES, 11, std::greater_equal<int>());
     return true;
 }